# Cal. EVID § 1283: Section 1283

> California · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D10_C2_A8_S1283

## Section

- **Citation:** Cal. EVID § 1283
- **Heading:** Section 1283
- **Jurisdiction:** California
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** California Code / Code evid / Division 10 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 1283

## Text

An official written report or record that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a foreign country, captured by a hostile force, beleaguered by a hostile force, beseiged by a hostile force, or detained in a foreign country against his will, or is dead or is alive, made by an employee of the United States authorized by any law of the United States to make such report or record shall be received in any court, office, or other place in this state as evidence that such person is missing, missing in action, interned in a foreign country, captured by a hostile force, beleaguered by a hostile force, besieged by a hostile force, or detained in a foreign country against his will, or is dead or is alive.

## Nearby sections

- [Cal. EVID § 1280 Section 1280](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D10_C2_A8_S1280.md)
- [Cal. EVID § 1281 Section 1281](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D10_C2_A8_S1281.md)
- [Cal. EVID § 1282 Section 1282](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D10_C2_A8_S1282.md)
- [Cal. EVID § 1283 Section 1283](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D10_C2_A8_S1283.md)
- [Cal. EVID § 1284 Section 1284](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D10_C2_A8_S1284.md)
- [Cal. EVID § 1285 Section 1285](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cevid_D10_C2_A8_S1285.md)

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